2011/09/30 Jassmine Shadiqe [email protected] Share | JOHOR BARU: Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar yesterday said he was offended by the disparaging remarks about the state allegedly made by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng recently but added that as a ruler, he would stay above politics. The sultan said politics should be left to politicians and the people should not be dragging rulers into politics. “Yes, I was offended when I got to know about that statement, but I don’t want to react, because as a ruler, I shouldn’t be dragged into politics. “Don’t speak for me. I am capable of doing it… I have the interests of my rakyat and also foreigners living in Johor at heart.” Sultan Ibrahim also said Johor police under its chief, Datuk Mokhtar Shariff, had been entrusted with the security of the state and that he was doing his job. He said this during an exclusive...